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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...innings. With 276 strikeouts last season, he blew by Grover Cleveland Alexander, Herb Score and every other rookie in history. "Am I going to hurt myself? It's all mechanics, I think, and it's God-given talent, I know." He calms everyone who frets for his young arm, seemingly every person he meets: "From high school on, even before that, I have always kept something warm on my arm late at night. I'm not afraid. I make sure I use my arm on the off days, playing catch, long throws, you know. I feel safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Nine Strikes and You're Out | 6/17/1985 | See Source »

Berri had clearly underestimated the Palestinians' determination to resist the onslaught. From hilltops east of Beirut, Palestinian gunners belonging to anti-Arafat P.L.O. groups fired artillery and rocket volleys into Amal positions. Whatever their differences with Arafat, his P.L.O. opponents were furious at the strong-arm tactics of the Shi'ites. Said George Habash, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: "No force on earth can take away the arms of a people who defend their just cause." Abu Mousa, another leading P.L.O. dissident, accused Amal of "disseminating lies to cover its crimes against Palestinians." While...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beirut Tumult | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

...bearded Du Toit, 27, still wearing hospital pajamas and with his arm in a sling, said his unit had been sent into Angola to blow up the Malongo oil * refinery, jointly owned by Gulf Oil Corp. and the state-owned oil concern, Sonangol. The mission: to cause a "considerable economic setback" for the Luanda government. The plant is the largest oil refinery in Angola, processing more than half of the country's crude-oil production. The South African government denied that the commandos were sent to sabotage the facility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa a-Team Foray | 6/10/1985 | See Source »

...three policy experts have travelled as far away as the Soviet Union to promote their views. In meeting with Soviet nuclear arm experts, the Harvard group said I way able to avoid the often polarize arguments to propose a "middle political ground" for future policy Nye said...

Author: By J. ANDREW Mendelsohn, | Title: Trio Addresses Weapons Strategy | 6/6/1985 | See Source »

Coors turns bright red. She glares at him. "You saw my ex in here last Saturday night with a chippie on his arm. He comes in here all the time with two, three chippies just to prove to me what a high old time he's having. If that's a good time, I'd rather baby-sit my grandkids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Road: a City of the Mind | 6/3/1985 | See Source »

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